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Applicable(?) Aphorisms #28

"The Creator dwells among the lowly." (Sikhism, Guru Granth Sahib 10)

True, false, good, bad, useful, not so useful, etc.? Discuss.

My thoughts:

This particular bromide seems common to most religions.

The most frequent interpretation of it is of the "don't think badly of the poor, they're people just like the rich" variety, which seems reasonable in any religion that, for example, holds humankind as created in God's image and therefore of inherent dignity and value.

And, to be fair, Sikhism originated in opposition to the "caste" system that prevailed in Hinduism (that system as it developed "on the ground" is not obviously implied by the Rigveda's division of Purusha's body parts into varnas, by the way), so the sentiment might well be genuine.

That said, it's easy to see how the idea can be abused by institutional religion. It serves the dual purposes of telling the "lowly" to just be content with their lot in life and just accept whatever social system their religious figures decree, and those better off to hand over their wealth to those same religious figures (an interesting variant is the Christian "prosperity gospel" movement of recent decades, which encourages the "lowly" to hand over their money in hope of gaining God's favor and getting more money back in the bargain).

I prefer that more frequent interpretation. 

Sigh of Hopeful Motorcycle Relief

A couple of weeks ago, my son dropped the Italica Bulldog 150 while riding it around the yard (he was considering a scooter or motorcycle; he'd ridden the former before but wanted to see how a taller bike felt; now he never wants to be on two motorized wheels again).

No obvious major damage, just a broken mirror and plastic headlight fairing.

Then the other day I had gone out on the bike and it died just as I got back home. Out of gas.

Had I both 1) forgotten the previous fill-up mileage and 2) failed to notice the gas gauge blink that reminds me I need to fill up within the next 20 miles or so?

Or was there a fuel leak somewhere, caused by the wreck?

The other day I put exactly half a gallon of gas in it. Started right up. Rode it to the gas station and topped it off, rode back home with no problem and no apparent large fuel level fall-off.

Checked the mileage (using Fuelly, which lets me record partial fill-ups, etc. and still keep track of that stuff). 60.8 miles per gallon. That's low. Not just below the bike's lifetime average (66.2 mpg), but below what I might have expected since it had recently mostly been ridden in low speed limit areas where I usually expect more like 70 mpg.

Tentative conclusion: When the bike went down, some gas splashed out of the cap vent. I see that as of the "wreck," it did have about 50 miles since the last fill-up. I usually fill up at 60 miles or so, even though I should be able to get 80+. So it would have only taken losing a few ounces to produce that effect.

That conclusion is, however, tentative. My next few trips out on that bike will either be within a couple of miles of home (so I can push the bike back home), or when I know a family member is available to bring me gas and/or carry the bike home if I'm wrong.